SlipStream Data Strikes Partnership with NetSweeper
New partnership offers ISPs customizable filtering tools integrated with enhanced accelerated dial-up services
Waterloo, Ontario - July 20, 2004 - SlipStream Data Inc. announced today that it has entered into a partnership with NetSweeper Inc., a market leader in providing its intelligent web-filtering technology to corporations, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), educational institutions and government organizations. The relationship enables SlipStream's leading web and email acceleration technology to be easily integrated with NetSweeper's web-based parental control solution. This partnership will give ISPs the tools needed to deploy and manage value-added services that are highly demanded by subscribers and lead to increased customer loyalty.
"This partnership leverages the expertise and core technologies of both companies to deliver ISPs a truly innovative solution that addresses their customers' speed and content filtering concerns," said Perry Roach, president and CEO of NetSweeper Inc. "Our ISP customers can now offer their subscribers the fastest and most scalable web accelerator on the market, while having the peace of mind provided by NetSweeper's parental controls. Both technologies also offer low support requirements, which directly benefits an ISP's bottom line."
What makes NetSweeper parental control solution so appealing is the fact that it is so easy to use and can be customized to individual end-user preferences. The unique web-based solution, which supports all browsers, features real-time filtering that delivers the most innovative and comprehensive control of web content for parents. The NetSweeper system resides on the ISP's network with no need to install any software on the PC, meaning children cannot bypass the filter, and even parents with little or no computer knowledge can use it. The solution is also available bundled with desktop anti-virus and personal firewall services or in a premium package that blocks Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer applications.
"By partnering with NetSweeper, we can offer ISPs an easy way to roll out value-added services that contribute directly to their bottom line," said Ron Neumann, president of SlipStream Data Inc. "ISPs increasingly need innovative ways to strengthen customer loyalty and boost revenues. This joint product offering does just that, allowing ISPs to target subscribers with unique needs, and brand the solution as their own. The NetSweeper product complements our goal of enhancing the Internet experience for our ISP Partners' subscribers."
SlipStream is the defacto standard in the accelerated dial-up market, with over 800 ISP Partners worldwide. The company's sophisticated web and email acceleration technologies compress, optimize and streamline web content, providing a dramatic improvement in access speeds over traditional dial-up and wireless networks. This technology gives ISPs a fast and flexible way of rolling out unique value-added services that can be integrated with any third-party filtering software. SlipStream ultimately enables ISPs to reduce subscriber churn by offering users a more fulfilling online experience.
About SlipStream Data
Founded in 2000 in Waterloo, Ontario, SlipStream Data Inc. is a privately-owned software development company that delivers on the need to increase the speed of Internet access-regardless of network connection-by providing unparalleled compression. SlipStream's web accelerator product is the fastest on the market, as confirmed by recent independent tests, increasing dial-up and wireless access speeds by as much as six times. The company's primary customers are ISPs, ASPs, carriers and corporations, including United Online for their NetZero and Juno solutions, Wanadoo and AOL Canada. For more information visit: http://www.slipstream.com.
About NetSweeper
NetSweeper Inc. is a privately-held Canadian organization with its head office located in Guelph, Ontario. With several additional offices now located in the United States, the United Kingdom, South America and South Africa, NetSweeper Inc. has expanded its markets by providing intelligent web-filtering technology to corporations, Internet service providers, educational institutions and government organizations around the world. NetSweeper's goal is to provide the most proactive and innovative web-filtering process to the end customer, while maintaining a high level of simplicity and functionality through its easy-to-use web-based interfaces. Since its inception in 1999, NetSweeper Inc. has successfully deployed its services to over 150 ISPs, educational networks, corporations and governmental networks-reaching over 5 million end customers. For more information, visit: www.net-sweeper.com.
SlipStream is a trademark of SlipStream Data Inc.
For more information:
Andre Fuochi
SlipStream Data Inc.
416-995-9677
afuochi@slipstream.com
Ron Neumann
SlipStream Data Inc.
519-886-6738 x 222
ronn@slipstream.com
Greg Apple
NetSweeper, Inc.
519-826-5222 x 41
greg.apple@net-sweeper.com
Perry Roach
NetSweeper, Inc.
519-826-5222 x 34
perry.roach@net-sweeper.com
SlipStream Data Inc. is a subsidiary